N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 7 5 - 7 9
24. JCCSs-9, 1 1 Jan. 1942; JCCSS-10,
2 5 . History, Dir. of Air Transport.
2 6 . Msg. #CRO918, Adams to CG
USAF, Darwin, 31 Dec. 1941.
27. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 ,
I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942; Minutes of Mtg.,
Administrative Manning Comm., 5 Jan.
1942, Doc. 658, in History, Fifth Air
Force, Pt, I ; Sum. of Activities, 3 and 4
Jan. 1942, which provides a record of
conferences at Melbourne between key
American and Australian officials. At
these conferences Brett expressed his
conclusion “that Brisbane (Eagle Farm)
was the best location for the primary
base and construction and maintenance
depots”; he suggested “that reception
camp be located in Victoria”; and
Townsville “was designated as an ad-
vance assembly and secondary mainte-
nance depot base and the possibility of
dispersal was discussed, particularly
Chasters [sic.] Towers.” The discussion
of the problem a t Darwin included:
additional airdrome facilities, supplies, a
forward depot, dispersal facilities, and
lines of communication. The discussions
at Melbourne continued through the 7th;
on the Sth, Brereton flew w<th Sir
Charles Burnett to Darwin on the way
to Java. (See above, n. 5 . )
28. USSBS (Pacific) Interrogations
67, Capt. M. Fujita, staff of zd Fleet, 20
Oct. 1945; 74, Capt. Chihaya Takahashi,
staff of 11th Air Fleet, 20 Oct. 1945; 90,
Capt. Kawakita hhihara, staff of 3d Fleet,
n.d.; 94, Comdr. Yutaka Isawa, on
H m u , 1 2 Oct. 1945; 331, Capt. Mitsugo
Ihara, staff of 3d Fleet, 10 Nov. 194:;
387, Capt. Kameo Sonokawa, Gensan Air
Gp., 14 Nov. 1945; 601, Comdr. Ryosuke
Nomura, staff of 23d Air Flotilla, 28
Nov. 1945; Office of Naval Intel., The
Java Sea Campaign.
29. Interview with Lt. Col. E.E.
Northcutt, n.d.; T W X # I , Bandoeng to
G 2 , 13 Jan. 1942. On Brereton’s depar-
ture from Soerabaja late on 2 8 December
1941, Eubank had remained “to direct
bomber activities from there,” and on
the general’s arrival at Darwin the next
day, Maj. Cecil E. Combs informed him
that there were “14 complete combat
1 2 Jan. 1942; JCCSS-12, 14 Jan. 1942.
crews available.. . 14 B-17’s, 9 of which
can operate at once on N.E.I. mission
and three ( 3 ) of the remaining five can
probably be placed in commission, others
will require depot overhaul.” (Sum. of
Activities, 28 and 2 9 Dec. 1941.)
30. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 ,
I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942; FEAF Hq. Diary,
Doc. 28, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt.
I ; msg., ABDACOM to Army, Mel-
bourne, recd. 2 2 Jan. 1942, Doc. 401,
ibid. The headquarters of the ABDA
Command was established at Lembang,
approximately ten miles from Bandoeng,
on 18 January. (The Java Sea Campaign,
1 3 . ) The FEAF Summary of Activi-
$es records the following notes of a
conference between Brett and Brerecon
in Batavia on 10 January: “ I . General
Brett desires to make immediately avail-
able all ammunition and bombs for N.E.I.
z. Preparation to be made for air corps
troops (consult with Barnes). 3 . Brady,
Lamb, Hipps, Hobbs and Hampton also
Walsh to be moved to N.E.I. 4. A com-
plete survey of airdromes on Java will be
made immediately. 5. Transportation:
Trucks and Cars. 6. Secret line between
Soerabaja and Batavia will be arranged
for.”
31. 19th Gp. Opns. Record. This re-
port claims a DD sunk and a BB hit.
But there were apparently no battleships
at Davao at this time and Japanese rec-
ords do not mention the DD as having
been sunk. They do mention a cruiser as
having been severely damaged. (Ens.
Toshio Nakamura’s Notebook, Joint
Intel. Center, POA, Navy # 1 2 8 ; USSBS
Intr. 90, Capt. K. Ishihara.) The Joint
Army-Navy Assessment Commirtee does
not list any war vessel as having been
sunk at this time. (Japanese Naval and
Merchant Losses during World War 11,
Feb. 1947 [hereinafter cited as JANAC,
Jap Losses].)
3 2 . 19th Gp. Opns. Record.
3 3 . The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 14-
1 5 ; Hart, Narrative of Events. In these
operations on 1 1 and 1 2 January, two
Japanese pursuits were shot down. One
American PBY, one Dutch Catalina, and
four Australian Hudsons were lost.
(Msg., Merle-Smith to MILID, 13 Jan.
1942, Doc. 770, in History, Fifth Air
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